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New Hampshire's Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire plans to begin offering physicians access to patients' electronic health records via mobile phones. The new capabilities also allow Read more...

> A North Carolina healthcare group and WEDI have released a list of timelines by which they think key technical milestones (such as technical support for HIPAA transactions) will be met. Read more...

It looks like Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) hopes to play catch up. When it comes to health IT, Ohio is lagging a bit behind other states, some of which are vigorously promoting health IT initiatives Read more...

Medication errors could be dramatically cut by using e-prescribing systems, Health Services Research says in a newly published report. Authors analyzed 12 other studies published between Read more...

Despite a great deal of happy talk by regulators, legislators and vendors, doctors are still not that enthusiastic about e-prescribing. According to one study by the Center for Studying Health System Change, most doctors who switch to e-prescribing wouldn't go back to paper prescribing. But getting there is difficult, observers say. Rolling out e-prescribing technology is still costly and difficult. To date, few if any e-prescribing applications have proven simple to install, researchers …

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